The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-01-20
SPIRIT OF THE NEWS.


Ex-senator Dorsey has gone 70 Eu
rope.
Queen Victoria never eats any but
stale bread.
Two sisters in Washington bear the
names of Plenty, Moore and Desire
Moore.
Speaker Hustled. of the New York
Legislature, has had one ambition all
his life, to be Vice President.
George Hill, of Watertown, Wis,
is believed to have fled to Canada. He
left unpaid debts aggregating $4,000.
Mr.. Hardacre has introduced in the
Ohio Legislature bill making the
vote Of two-thirds of jury a legal
verdict.
Elder Cooper. a Mormon Evangelist.
is making converts at East Delavan.
Wis.,. and intend, building Mormon
church in the spring.
A few years ago the nickel was be-
meath the attention of the Westerner
Its rapid growth. however. has been on
ratio with that Of the country.
Hannibal Hamlin had 4 brother
named Julius Caesar Cincinnatus, and
his four sisters bore the names of Eu-
rope, Asia, Australia, and America.
Ex-Gov. Curtin will retire from Con-
gress at the close of this session, and
will devote himself to preparing data
for a history Of Pennsylvania's part in
the War.
J. Bright Smith, one OF the leaders
OF the Colorado bar. died the other day
in Pennsylvania and his death is gen.
orally mourned because he was believed
to be the only Bright Smith in the
country.
Volsin Benne. aged 21. shot and
killed Clara Carter. aged l8, at New
Orleans Tuesday and then shot himself,
inflicting not dangerous wound.
The girl had refused to marry him,
and would not return money that he
had loaned her.
The Louisville Courier journal. boast
ing of Kentucky beef, says that it has
entered the fine beef trade Of England
neck-and-neck with the home product.
To which the Detroit Press responds:
I'VE do not think much of neek-and-
neck out West
Little Johnny Blossom OF Harrods-
burg, KY, has swallowed Is cents in
pennies and three-cent pieces. and has
suffered no inconvenience thelefrom.
Little Johnny is expected to bloom into
4 great tinancier, or at least . receiv-
ing teller.
John Ruskin has recently presented
beautiful stained-gl window to the
Church Of the Sacred Heart (Catholic).
Coniston. England. John Ruskin says
he cares nothing for creeds. but that he
does care for the needs of his fellow
men, without distinction of creed.
Miss Virginia Pelham Stuart, daugh-
ter of Gen. Jeb Stuart. the Confederate
cavalryman, was married last week to
Robert Page Waller of Norfolk. The
wedding took place at the Virginia Fe-
male Institute in Sinonton of which
Mrs. Gen. Stuart is the principal.
Prince Bismarck. being asked by the
Royal Library at Munich for his auto
graph. replied: II fulfill with pleasure
your wish. glad to have an other op-
portunity Of expressing the gratitude
which Germany will ever feel for your
magnimous King and for Bavarian
bravery, in remembering the restoration
of the unity and security of Germany"
c. B. Galusha of Cape Girardeau,
Mo-, has pair of linen sheets that
have been in use fer eighty years.
They were made from flax grown on
the farm of his grandfather. Jacob Gal
usha, and manufactured by him and
used by him IN 1909, when he was first
Governor Of Vermont. They look a.
if they would last for another Gen.
tury.
Preserved Smith, who died recently
in Dayton. o.. obtained his singular
name in this way: He was descended in
Il direct line from the Rev. Henry
Smith who in 164l. came from Eng
land to Connecticut. On the passage,
and in a terrific storm, son was born
to him. which he named Preserved
Smith. and for two centuries the name
has been in the family.
Mr.. James f. Gluck has given the
Buffalo library what is claimed to be
the most valuable collection Of auto
graph manuscripts and letters in Amer
lea. 1t includes complete book manu-
scripts of loo eminent American and
English authors, letters from 100 emil
nent American men and women Of let
ters, and 50 from eminent English au-
thors.
Prince Dolgorouki, brother Of the
morganatic wife Of the late Gar of
Russia. il living at Tahlequah, l. T.
He was nihilist, banished to the ST.
berian mines, whence he made his escape
after five years. remaining in China
nine years, and finally coming to the
United States. His sister, the Princess.
is living in half exile in France. and is
very wealthy.
Mrs. Martha A. Harrington. who
when girl delivered an address to
Lafayette at Leesburg and was kissed
BY the gallant Frenchman. is stillliying
in Baltimore, and treasures the memory
of the osculatory incident as one of the
brightest events in her long life. Fifty
years from now what scores of vener-
able women will be able to recall similar